Turning pictures into numbers: Extracting and generating information from complex visualizations

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 827-850

  Trafton, J Gregory ^a   Kirschenbaum, Susan S ^b   Tsui, Ted L ^a   Miyamoto, Robert T ^c   Ballas, James A ^a   Raymond, Paula D ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Center for Applied Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; VISUALIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPLEX VISUALIZATIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0034315756     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2000.0419     Document Type: Article

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